In the 4th round of the 2010 June Amateur Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Nick Kingham. Quickly, Kingham began to climb the Pirates’ minor league system and shoot up their lists of top prospects.
In fact, Nick Kingham became one of the top prospects in all of baseball. Entering both the 2014 and 2015 seasons he was a top-100 prospect according to Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.
Kingham seemed primed to make his Major League debut in 2015. He started the season at Triple-A Indianapolis and made 6 starts logging 31 1/3 innings.